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Newly diagnosed with lung cancer. Never smoked. In shock....
Lung Cancer | Last Active: Oct 3, 2022 | Replies (78)Comment receiving replies
Hi Colleen, My appointment was a little over a week ago. At that appointment
I was told that I have metastatic breast cancer stage 4. that has gone into my lungs.
The doctor said I will be taking a chemo pill .
She also put me on a hormone blocker. Called Exemestane 25mg.
I am still waiting for the approval of a chemo pill.
Once I take this pill for three months, she will order a Pet Scand to see if the chemo pill is
stopping the progression of cancer.
The doctor is waiting for an additional mutation study which will not be available. until
mid-October.
This study, as I understand, will identify more information on the chemo pill??????
The mutation study is for--EFGR, which I do not understand.
The waiting is horrible to get the approval for the first chemo pill.
This is all that I know at this time.
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Those biomarker tests take far too long to come back. It sounds like the doctor is making sure the lung cancer isn’t driven by a non-breast cancer mutation, EGFR, ALK, etc. There are pills to treat those specific types of cancers that can be very effective with minimal side effects (called targeted therapy). Waiting for those tests is a good idea, if you are tolerating the symptoms of the cancer, even though the waiting can be so difficult.
Wishing you the best, and speedy results, Lisa